Artificial bait



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HELMUTH .r. eanss`.` or, PALISADE, new JERSEY, Assrenoa A 'i new` YORK, N. Y. A

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ARTIFICIAL BYAYIT.

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To Aall whom. t may concern/. Y

Be it known that I, HELMUTH J. Gauss, a citizen of the United States, residing at Palisade, in the county of Bergen and State of New Jersey, have invented a certain Vnew and useful Improvement in ArtificiaiBaits, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to artificial baits used'in fishing, and more particularly to the eyes carried thereby to which the 'line-swiV-V els, fish-hooks, and like-'equipments are attached.

The object of the invention is to provide an eye of simpleV and light construction adapted to be permanently and rigidly-fastened to the bait, and formed to permit the ring of a fish-hook or swivel to be readily engaged therewith or disengaged therefrom, and which will hold such engaged ring strongly and reliably against the strains of service 'and accidentaldisengagement.

The'invention consists Vincertain novel features and details of construction and are rangement by which the above objects are-V attained, to be hereinafter described and claimed.` Y

The accompanying drawings form a part of this specification 'and show several preferred forms of the invention.

Figure 1 is side view 'of a bait equipped with two of the improved eyeswith a fishhoolr and swivel engaged therein. Figure 2 is a transverse section through such bait, taken on theline 2-2 in Figure 1, and showingV one of the eyes and itsV engaged fish-hook in edge view. Y

Figures 3 and 4: are face views of the two portions forming together the eye shown in 'Figures 1 and 2. y

Figure 5 is an edge view of a modified form in which thetwo portions are integral and brought into proper relation by folding at the midlength.

Figure 6 is a face view showing the same structure before folding.

Figure 7 is a face view Vshowingl another modification formed by bending a single piece Vof wire.

other 'strong resilient material, adapted `to be vapplied on opposite faces of the hait 10 and strongly oined to the latter and to each other by rivets 11 extending through both plates. The free ends of the plates project downwardly beyond the edge of the bait,\ side by side and slightly separated.

The plates are marked 12 and 13 and the projecting ends terminate in hooks 14 and 15, the curved bights of which are parallel and coincident with each other, with the points projecting oppositely in the same direction so that the entrance-opening of each hook is covered by the overlapping shank of the other thus forming Va closed eye7 as clearly shown in Figure 1.

Both hooks may be of the same length but it is preferable that one, as 14, be slightly longer than the other, 15, .as-a further safeguard against the unintentional release of an engaged ring.

The ring 16 of the swivel 17 is engaged by forcing it between the hooks, which spring outwardly enough to admit it, and passing it over the point of the shorter hook 15,

it is then moved along the shank of the shorter 'hook until it reaches the point of the longer hook 14. and is passed overthe latter.

VThus engaged the swivel is loosely held in Y closely upon itself through a portion of its length, leaving the hooks slightly separated for the insertion of a ring as above described.

Figures 7 and 8 show a further modification in which the hooks 24 and 25 and the body portion 23 are all formed of a single piece of wire bent at each end to form the oppositely disposed hooks, and the folded body portion is` flattened inv the plane of the hooks and perforated to receive rivets.

Other modifications may be made in the forms and proportions especially in respect of the body or base portions and the manner b side the )oin't of one'ofsaid hooks beine 7 l Y n longerthan that of the other, and means for Vattaching said hooks to such bait. y

. 2. In an artificial bait, two plates adapted to beV fastened to opposite faces of a bait and to each other with their free ends projecting beyond the edge of such bait, a hook Von each or" said Alree ends, said hooks an ranged side by side in parallel planes `and separated from each other, with the points I of said hoolrsoppositelyV disposed to form an eye.

'- 3. In an artiicialbait'ythe eye described 1 comprising aj body portion adapted to be fastened to such bait, `and two voppositely disposed Vseparated hooks on said body portion,V 'arranged in parallel planes and side by sidefthel point o-I'one of said hooks being of greater length than thatof the other.

In 'testimonywthat I Y claim theV invention above set forth I affix mysignature.

Y HELMUTH J Gasse.: l 

